Organizing Your Photos : My Favorite Resources
After getting a million questions on instagram, I figured I would compile a list of some of my favorite resources for organizing your photos!
Printed Photos
Photo Boxes from Container Store (Bigso Stockholm office Letter Box) : I love these because they are beautiful colors and lovely to touch! I don’t love using plastic boxes - I like something that feels and looks lovelier than plastic! Something I’m proud to display. (You can find some various colors on Amazon HERE and HERE!)
Mpix : professional quality lab without having to be a professional photographer to make an account. Order standard size prints (4x6, 5x7, etc) and they are delivered to your door.
Artifact Uprising : Where I print my family yearbooks. I cannot say enough good things about this company. I love their mission, their quality, and their heart behind their work! We use the 8.5 x 8.5 for our family yearbooks, always choosing a different color of linen for the cover. I also use this company for printing fun square prints and I’ve had my eye on their new color series photo books and their baby board books.
Parabo Press: Another great place for printing square prints, and I really love their photo displays - especially their wood poster rails and their engineer prints.
Digital Photos
My favorite Hard Drives: 2TB Samsung SSD Portable Hard Drive is my first recommendation, because it’s a solid state drive. It’s a little more expensive, but it’s smaller, more reliable, and lasts longer. The The Lacie Rugged 2TB is my 2nd recommendation. It’s a traditional hard drive that is shock resistant 🙌🏻, and I love that it’s orange because it’s easy to find! To learn the difference between a Solid State Drive and a Hard Drive, head to my instagram highlight to learn more. (In a nutshell, Solid State drives are made with plates and not coils, they last longer, and they are much more reliable and less likely to break when you drop it!) No matter which one you go with, be sure to check what connection works best for your computer! (USB - C, USB 2.0 or USB 3.0, etc)
Get your Photos off of your Phone Guide - this is a free guide I put together to show you how I get all of my photos off my phone on a regular basis!
Dropbox - This is what I use to back up my photos online. (Disclaimer : I don’t back up ALL of them - I back up the final events. Meaning, my final, favorite, edited photos from events in my life.)
Google Photos App - Install this app to automatically back up the photos on your phone!
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